Q. Can I use a photograph from the archives in my publication?

It depends. The majority of Fuller Seminary Archives & Special Collections materials are still within copyright. Fuller Seminary owns the copyright for only a portion of the materials it possesses. We cannot grant permission to publish reproductions of works (text-based, pictorial, or graphic) for which we do not own the copyright.

It is the researcher's responsibility to contact the copyright holder to obtain a letter, signed in blue ink, approving the use of reproductions for any particular project or publication. Patrons who wish to use Archives & Special Collections original materials in an exhibit, publication, performance, or broadcast must complete a license agreement with the Library.

The Library does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material whose copyright it does not hold or material deemed to be in the public domain.

All copies of archives and special collections materials created by patrons or provided by the Archives fall under allowances provided by Section 107 (Fair Use) and Section 108 (Library and Archives Exceptions) of the United States Copyright Act.

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